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The cowslips tall her pensioners be.
In their gold coats spots you see:
Those be rubies, fairy read more
The cowslips tall her pensioners be.
In their gold coats spots you see:
Those be rubies, fairy favors;
In those freckles live their savors.
The cowslip is a country wench.
The cowslip is a country wench.
The nesh yonge coweslip bendethe wyth the dewe.
The nesh yonge coweslip bendethe wyth the dewe.
Thus I set my printless feet
O'er the cowslip's velvet head,
That bends not as I tread.
Thus I set my printless feet
O'er the cowslip's velvet head,
That bends not as I tread.
And by the meadow-trenches blow the faint sweet cuckoo-flowers.
And by the meadow-trenches blow the faint sweet cuckoo-flowers.
And ye talk together still,
In the language wherewith Spring
Letters cowslips on the hill.
And ye talk together still,
In the language wherewith Spring
Letters cowslips on the hill.
Ilk cowslip cup shall kep a tear.
Ilk cowslip cup shall kep a tear.
Through tall cowslips nodding near you,
Just to touch you as you pass.
Through tall cowslips nodding near you,
Just to touch you as you pass.
Smiled like yon knot of cowslips on a cliff.
Smiled like yon knot of cowslips on a cliff.
